title: Dermatopathology for the surgical pathologist: a pattern-based approach to the diagnosis of inflammatory skin disorders (part II).
abstract: The accurate diagnosis of inflammatory conditions in dermatopathology requires integrating the histopathologic findings with the clinical features. This second part of a 2-part review of inflammatory cutaneous conditions presents a pattern-based approach to the diagnosis of dermatologic disorders and reviews the salient clinical and histologic features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology , Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298-0662, USA. nbrinster@mcvh-vcu.edu
authors.forename: Nooshin K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Brinster
mesh_terms: D000796:Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia / Q000473:pathology; D003880:Dermatology; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D015434:Panniculitis / Q000473:pathology; D010340:Pathology, Surgical; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000473:pathology; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000473:pathology